Common Terms - P-330

APPENDIX B

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Common Terms

English is the international aviation language. Through the years, aviators and controllers have

developed what is, at times, their own language. Several terms have been modified to fit the

aviation environment. Here is a list of common aviation terms you will use throughout your

career.

ACKNOWLEDGE

Let me know that you have received and under

stood my message

EXAMPLE: "[Call sign], _____ APPROACH,

execute an immediate right turn heading 180, vector

for traffic, acknowledge."

ADVISE INTENTIONS

Tell me what you plan to do.

EXAMPLE: "[Call sign], _____ TOWER, advise

intentions after touch-and-go."

AFFIRMATIVE

Yes.

ALTITUDE RESTRICTION

An altitude or altitudes stated in the order flown

which are to be maintained until reaching a specific

point or time.

AT PILOT'S DISCRETION

ATC has offered the pilot the option of complying

with the instruction whenever he/she wishes.

EXAMPLE: "[Call sign], _____ CENTER, descend

at pilot's discretion and maintain one six thousand."

CLEARANCE LIMIT

The fix, point, or location to which an aircraft is

cleared when issued an ATC clearance.

EXAMPLE: "[Call sign] is cleared to Navy

Pensacola."

CLEARANCE ON REQUEST

Used by Clearance Delivery to inform the pilot that

his clearance is being processed by ATC.

EXAMPLE: "[Call sign], _____ CLEARANCE,

your clearance is on request."

CLEARED AS FILED

Means the aircraft is cleared to proceed in

accordance with the route of flight filed in the flight

plan. This clearance does not include the altitude,

SID, or SID transition.

(also CLEARED VIA FLIGHT PLAN EXAMPLE: "[Call sign] is cleared to Navy

ROUTE)

Pensacola as filed (flight plan route). . ."

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